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How to Say ‘Please try to get up.’ in German

Bitte versuchen Sie aufzustehen.

BIT-tuh FER-zoo-khen zee OWF-tsoo-shtay-en

[BIT-tuh FER-zoo-khen zee OWF-tsoo-shtay-en]

💬 Usage Tip: With verbs like aufstehen, the zu slips into the middle: aufzustehen. Same with anrufen: versuchen Sie anzurufen.

🇩🇪 In Germany: German wards get patients moving very early, often the same day or the day after surgery. Expect staff to insist, even if it hurts a bit.

Phrase Breakdown

Bitte versuchen Sie

BIT-tuh FER-zoo-khen zee

Please try

'versuchen' means to try. Say fer-ZOO-chen, with a throaty 'ch'.

Example

Bitte versuchen Sie zu schlafen.

Please try to sleep.

Words in this phrase

Bitte

[BIT-tuh]

please

Polite word used in requests and offers.

Example

Kommen Sie bitte zum Schalter.

Please come to the counter.

versuchen

[FER-zoo-khen]

try

Make an attempt or effort to do something.

Example

Versuchen Sie es nochmal.

Try it again.

Sie

[zee]

you (formal)

Formal second person singular pronoun.

Example

Können Sie mir bitte folgen?

Can you please follow me?

aufzustehen.

OWF-tsoo-shtay-en

to get up.

'zu' sits inside the separable verb 'aufstehen'. Say AUF-tsu-shtay-en.

Example

Ich stehe um sieben Uhr auf.

I get up at seven o'clock.

Words in this phrase

aufzustehen

[OWF-tsoo-shtay-en]

to get up

Infinitive with 'zu' of 'aufstehen', to stand up.

Example

Es ist Zeit aufzustehen.

It's time to get up.

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